Senior Engineer - Protection & Control

Location: City of Rochester

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* Location:

** Rochester, NY OR Binghamton, NY
** Work Type:
** Office The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from**$94,490 to $118,113
**** We do provide GREAT BENEFITS + SIGN ON BONUS + RELOCATION
**** Job Summary
** The Philosophy and Standards group is a support function for the Protection and Control (P&C) Department. The Philosophy and Standards group is responsible for researching industry best practices to create P&C standards. This group also develops new engineering processes and tools. System scope includes transmission, substation, and distribution. Service companies include Central Maine Power, New York State Electric & Gas, Rochester Gas & Electric, and United Illuminating.
** Key Responsibilities
*** General responsibilities include assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting templates, record keeping processes, and engineering tools. The engineer will also participate in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.
* The position requires conducting engineering analysis, researching white papers and manuals, organizing and facilitating meeting, presenting to technical and non-technical audiences, and documenting assignments.  This position requires collaboration with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
* As a senior engineer, this position grants autonomy to propose solutions to open-ended challenges but requires the engineer to work mostly autonomously. The senior engineer is expected to lead engineering projects.
* Active projects include engineering a pilot IEC 61850 process bus substation, evaluating Virtualized Protection Relays (VPR) and Centralized Substation Protection (CSP), evaluating new relay vendors, updating engineering standards, and writing conference papers
** Required Qualifications
*** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or equal
* Greater than 5 years’ experience in electrical substations, transmission systems, distribution systems operations up to 345kV, or protection and control design and construction.
* Familiarity with Brownfield electromechanical relay substation
* Knowledge of various industry standards such as OSHA, IEEE, IEC, NFPA, NETA, and NERC.
* Advanced theoretical understanding of electrical power systems which includes knowledge of fault calculations (short-circuit), symmetrical components, protective coordination, and the use of fault analysis software to perform system modeling, short-circuit studies and arc flash hazard analysis studies (AFHA).
* Advanced computer skills utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, email, facility control, management, and reporting systems. Must be able to use computerized diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
* Ability to interpret and follow a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations.
* Must work well under pressure from job demands, multi-tasking ability essential.
* Ability to collaborate across departments.
* Work independently although supervision might be required.
** Preferred Qualifications
*** FE Certification and/or Professional Engineer Certification (PE)
* Strong understanding of communication and SCADA protocols
* Experience with AutoCAD
* Experience with relay/logic testing and field commissioning
* Experience with relay test sets (specifically the Manta MTS-5100 Test Set)
* Experience with RTU’s
* Familiar with NERC Reliability Standards, like the PRC’s
* Experience with software such as ASPEN One-liner and SEL AcSELerator Quickset
* IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS)
* Networking* Real Time Simulators
* Virtualized Protection Relays
** Competencies
* ** Growth & Continuous Improvement
* Initiative & Change
* Focused on Results
* Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
* Communication* Collaboration
* Leadership (people managers/leaders)#LI-SJ1
** Company:
** ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP
** Mobility Information
** Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to…